The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020

Accesses

13.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development and subject to paragraph (2), with the consent of the relevant highway authority or the relevant street authority as appropriate (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), form and lay out such means of access (permanent or temporary) or improve existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised development.

(2) The agreement of the relevant highway authority or the relevant street authority as appropriate is not required for the formulation, layout or improvement of a new or existing means of access shown in the highway general arrangement plans and carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 13 (protective provisions).

(3) If either a local highway authority or street authority who has received an application for consent under paragraph (1) fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 42 days beginning with the date on which the application was made, it is deemed to have granted consent.

(4) The private means of access as set out in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 6 (private means of access) may be closed by the undertaker at the stage of the authorised development identified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule without a substitute being provided.

(5) The private means of access as set out in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 6 may be removed by the undertaker and if removed must be replaced by the means of access as set out in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule at the stage of the authorised development identified in column (4) of that Part of that Schedule.

(6) The undertaker must provide the private means of access as set out in column (2) of Part 3 of Schedule 6 at the stage of the authorised development identified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule.